When you are surrendered by death, you see death.
When you are surrendered by life, you see life.
The trick is...
When you are surrendered by death, to see life.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Freedom
Freedom comes from the decision (our decision) to not be slaves to our own thoughts.
It is about being slaves to our own thoughts of following our family, our parents, our country's and our racial ideals, our taboos. Being free from that slavery does not mean cut all of our relationship from them. Rather it means having the freedom to realize what is right and what is wrong, and freedom to decide what to internalize and what to reject.
Quite common we are afraid to release ourselves from slavery because we are so used to the comfort of being slaves. Along with freedom comes responsibility, though. Yes it's more difficult being free, but that's how we grow up, that's how we stop being kids that follow their parents.
It is about being slaves to our own thoughts of following our family, our parents, our country's and our racial ideals, our taboos. Being free from that slavery does not mean cut all of our relationship from them. Rather it means having the freedom to realize what is right and what is wrong, and freedom to decide what to internalize and what to reject.
Quite common we are afraid to release ourselves from slavery because we are so used to the comfort of being slaves. Along with freedom comes responsibility, though. Yes it's more difficult being free, but that's how we grow up, that's how we stop being kids that follow their parents.
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